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ton Channel as late as September 5, 1852 ; " Richardson reported it 

 breeding on Darnley Bay on August 16, 1848, when the young were 

 nearly fledged.^ 



Rissa tridactyla (Linn.) . Kittiwake. 



Concerning the breeding of this species on Franklin Bay, Kichard- 

 son states under date of July 22, 1826 : " The common kittiwake breeds 

 in gTeat numbers on the rocky ledges in this quarter, and their young 

 were already fledged." ^ Armstrong reported shooting the species on 

 Prince Albert Land, near Princess Royal Islands, June 9, 1851.^' 

 J. C. Ross states that the kittiwake breeds on the south shore of North 

 Somerset ; ^ and in Prince Regent Inlet. ^ McCormick noted the kitti- 

 wake as common on September 2, 1852, in Wellington Channel.^' 



Larus hyperboreus Gunn. Glaucous Gull. 



This beautiful gull is abundant along the Arctic coast in summer, 

 and occurs in small numbers in the interior during migration. In 

 1903 I saw one, a bird of the year, on the Mackenzie near Roche 

 Trempe-Feau, October 9. In 1904, while descending the Mackenzie, 

 I saw one near the mouth of Blackwater River, June 9. It was flying 

 northward along the Mackenzie. 



Parry recorded it first at Winter Harbor on June 3, 1820; and ob- 

 served young in the nest on August 5.'' J. C. Ross noted the bird as 

 common at Port Bowen in June, 1825, and as breeding commonly on 

 the south shore of North Somerset in July, 1825.' Collinson recorded 

 two seen May 31, 1852, near Walker Bay, Prince Albert Land.^' 

 Sutherland records several seen June 6, 1851, near Cape Osborne, 

 North Devon.'- Armstrong, in his narrative of the voyage of the 

 Incestigator^ mentions shooting glaucous gulls off the southern part 

 of Baring Land September 13, 1850; on Prince Albert Land, near 

 Princess Royal Islands, June 9, 1851 ; and at Mercy Bay, Banks Land, 

 May 31, 1852.' MacFarlane reported about 20 nests collected in 

 Franklin and Liverpool bays and on islands in the lower part of An- 

 derson River.'" Frank Russell records a specimen taken at Herschel 



« Mccormick's Voyages, II, p. 1.51, 1884. 



^Arctic Searching Expedition, I, p. 281, 1851. 



«^ Narrative Second Expedition to Polar Sea, p. 237, 1828. 



^ Narrative Discovery Northwest Passage, p. 347, 1857. 



«' Parry's Third Voyage, Appendix, p. 105, 1826. 



f Appendix to Ross's Second Voyage, xxxv, 1835. 



f McCormi civ's Voyages, II, p. 146, 1884. 



'' Journal First Voyage, pp. 207, 235, 1821. 



^ Parry's Third Voyage, Appendix, p. 103. 1820. 



^ Journ. H. M. S. Enterprise, p. 202. 1889. 



^ .Journ. Voy. to Baffin Bay, II, p. 88, 1852. 



' Narrative Discovery Northwest Passage, pp. 222, 347, 521, 1857. 

 ^" Proc. V. S. Nat. Mus., XIV, p. 418, 1891, 



